I took a large slab of ash with a rough cut edge, tapped 5 holes and sunk ancient ice screws from back in the day and a pick off an old X-tool for a coat rack. Still needs a good stain and better mounting bolts. It holds a mountain of coats for my family. Have another coatrack underway on barn board with old picks and pins.

these are really some good art in here, talk about resourcefulness! this are only some of the qualities that we should posses as climbers and that we should learn to make something of what we have especially in times of nee, this is actually the key in survival that we must first master to be able to call yourself a true climber.

thanks k-man. after trying to visualize different scenes to use on the door, juxtaposed totempole's just seemed to be the right choice. Mike is an amazing artist, he was a animator for Disney for 25 years. Now he just pursues his painting.

Reilly, naaaw, just a bit of S. Cal juju going on. As far as how it was painted, the letters are attached to the background with single bolts which allows the letters to be articulated in whatever orientation seemed to fit the mood. So the letters and background were painted separately and then put together.

here's more in the chair dept. these uncomfortable items knocked around our family for years until i decided to do something about retired ropes. i got the weaving info from a website, for the seats, and improvised the backs. i love the floormats people are making--that'll be for the next "retirement".

Credit: Tony Bird

back view of back weave

Credit: Tony Bird

complementary colors

Credit: Tony Bird

weave away

Credit: Tony Bird

that seat weave rides up with the heavy ropes, so i did that knotting underneath to pull it down flat. the ropes are way more comfortable than the old paper wicker.

Alright- I was tossing out old ropes and you guys inspired me to try my first rope rug. I used one that got passed down from Dirtineye. Sort of a memorial mat I guess. It had the prettiest colors in any case. It took forever to make it tight.

This is about a 35-year-old piece I made for my folks; came back to me after they passed away. Remember how hard it was to cut the leg-split in the Lost Arrow. I tried to emulate Roger Briggs' stemming style.
I thought lots of people would have to do this kind of thing with "obsolete" pins, not realizing they're still making the damned things.
So much for clean climbing.

This is not my art but it is a painting of a picture I took of the durrance route on Devils Tower. The leaning column is about right in the middle of the painting. A friend of mine is a university art professor and she has each student of hers In her 2D design class paint a few tileiles and they don't know what the final product is. I think she's done for five of these now mostly of climbing areas in the Black Hills. This one is at least 4x6 feet.